LOCAL BIDDER PULLS OUT OF OILERS BIDDING

Edmonton city developer Robert Proznik announced
yesterday that he was "no longer in the running" for the NHL
Oilers, according to Jac MacDonald of the EDMONTON JOURNAL.
Proznik said that he was withdrawing his former offer for
the team and endorsing efforts by the other Edmonton buying
group (EDMONTON JOURNAL, 11/7). In Edmonton, columnist Cam
Cole, on the Oilers' unsettled ownership situation: "It is
time for the National Hockey League to come out of the
woodwork and speak plainly. Past time, actually, but better
late than never" (EDMONTON JOURNAL, 11/7).